A valuable new resource — a manual on preserving and protecting Jewish cemeteries — has been published, in Polish — and is downloadable for free from the internet. Cmentarze żydowskie. Podręcznik dobrych praktyk w ochronie dziedzictwa lokalnego (Jewish cemeteries. Manual … continue reading →
The Center for Urban History in Lviv has posted an interactive online walking tour of Jewish Lviv that uses maps, photographs and archival material, video, and text to tell the story of places and people, and also to … continue reading →
The tourist information web site of the Jewish community of Brno, Czech Republic includes databases, with maps, of more than 20 Jewish cemeteries in southern Moravia. The cemeteries are listed by information cards. Click on the card and … continue reading →
Virtual Shtetl has published a brief report summarizing the state of Jewish cemeteries, and research and documentation on Jewish cemeteries, in Poland — and also some statistics. It states that, according to the most recent research, there are some … continue reading →
Sefer – the Center for University Teaching of Jewish Civilization in Moscow — carried out clean-up and epigraphic work this summer at the ruined and overgrown Jewish cemetery in Rashkov (Raşcov), Transnistria, whose gravestones date back to the 18th century. Raşcov … continue reading →
